Knife for Indentification

CourseEight · 31st August 2010, 05:59 PM

Hi All --

Thanks for the additional comments. Now that I have the item in hand, some clarifications:

(1) Definitely not a ram dao, since the edge is along the bellied (outer curve). So, not a sickle weapon as expected. The edge is still fairly sharp.

(2) The black is heavily oxidized, so there is little chance of my finding any sort of damascus pattern, although it is clearly forged rather than stock removed.

(3) The top has some damage where the pattern does not complete, so it appears the blade was reshaped to accomodate the damage. As the oxidation is pretty consistent, this would have happened some time ago.

All in all, it's too small for a brush knife, so I lean towards some sort of ceremonial use. If anyone comes accross any new info, please let me know!

Gavin Nugent · 2nd September 2010, 03:06 AM

As Alam noted in the thread below, I think BigG hit the nail on the head with his writings here.

http://www.vikingsword.com/vb/showth...ghlight=parang

Gav

2nd September 2010, 03:06 AM	#2
Gavin Nugent Member Join Date: Oct 2007 Posts: 2,818	BigG As Alam noted in the thread below, I think BigG hit the nail on the head with his writings here. http://www.vikingsword.com/vb/showth...ghlight=parang Gav Last edited by freebooter; 2nd September 2010 at 03:09 AM. Reason: credit

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31st August 2010, 05:59 PM	#1
CourseEight Member Join Date: Feb 2007 Location: Coral Springs, FL Posts: 222	Hi All -- Thanks for the additional comments. Now that I have the item in hand, some clarifications: (1) Definitely not a ram dao, since the edge is along the bellied (outer curve). So, not a sickle weapon as expected. The edge is still fairly sharp. (2) The black is heavily oxidized, so there is little chance of my finding any sort of damascus pattern, although it is clearly forged rather than stock removed. (3) The top has some damage where the pattern does not complete, so it appears the blade was reshaped to accomodate the damage. As the oxidation is pretty consistent, this would have happened some time ago. All in all, it's too small for a brush knife, so I lean towards some sort of ceremonial use. If anyone comes accross any new info, please let me know!